Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

There is a trend, though, among some of these ETBs regarding the oversight by the boards. When one sees it in more than one ETB, there is a role for the Department of Education and Skills here. It is not just one ETB. Perhaps we should suggest they do significant work on governance because I do not think the board members actually understand their responsibilities or what an audit committee is supposed to do. There is no point in having these in theory. These are supposed to be locally keeping a very close eye on things. We are going to keep seeing problems unless this is put right.